off-the-job

/ˌɒf.ðəˈdʒɒb/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌɑːf.ðəˈdʒɑːb/ (ame, ipa)

off-the-job — 形容詞

1. describing learning, training, or activity that takes place somewhere other than

1.形容詞C1
釋義

脫產的

離開工作現場進行的（訓練、課程等）

describing learning, training, or activity that takes place somewhere other than the actual workplace, usually in a classroom or training centre.

例句

Sofia signed up for an off-the-job leadership course at a hotel near the airport.

Sofia 報名參加了一個在機場附近飯店舉辦的脫產領導力課程。

attributive: off-the-job + course (formal training context)

New nurses at the hospital receive two weeks of off-the-job training before they meet any patients.

醫院新進護理師在接觸病患前，要先接受兩週的脫產訓練。

collocation: off-the-job training

同義詞
  • off-site

    broader: any work or activity done away from the main workplace, not only training

  • external

    more general; can describe training run by an outside provider, whether held off-site or on-site

  • classroom-based

    narrower: specifies the setting (classroom) rather than the location relative to work

反義詞
  • on-the-job

    the direct opposite — training done while actually doing the work, at the workplace

  • in-house

    training run inside the company, often at the workplace itself

文法句型

off-the-job + noun (training, learning, course)

用法筆記

Almost always attributive, modifying nouns like training, learning, course, programme, education. Cannot follow a linking verb (cannot say 'the training is off-the-job'). Common in HR, workplace-development, and apprenticeship contexts.

常見錯誤

❌The course is off-the-job.
✅The course is an off-the-job course.
💡the word only works attributively before a noun, not after the verb 'be'.
❌She did some off-the-job.
✅She did some off-the-job training.
💡it is not used as a noun; you must add the activity word after it.